Rhianan Rudd died of ‘self-inflicted act’ after facing charges but coroner says failures in her case were ‘not systemic’
A vulnerable teenage girl who died five months after terrorism charges against her were dropped was “highly affected” by her arrest but failures in her case were “not systemic”, a coroner has concluded.
Rhianan Rudd died at a children’s home aged 16 in May 2022, as the result of a self-inflicted act, said the chief coroner of England and Wales, Alexia Durran.
Delivering a narrative verdict at Chesterfield town hall on Monday, Durran said: “In the circumstances I do not consider I should make a prevention of future deaths report.
“I’m not satisfied, on the balance of probabilities, Rhianan intended to take her own life. Rhianan’s death … was the result of a self-inflicted act but it is not possible to ascertain her intention.
